IMS Health to buy back 10M more shares after deal fails

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- IMS Health
RX, -0.51%
which earlier in the day agreed to let VNU
nl:38987
back out of its takeover bid, said its board has authorized a buyback plan of 10 million shares, on top of the existing share buyback plan where the company still has authorization to buy back 4.4 million shares.

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